'It's just so real!'

On his earlier films, he had a reputation for being a bit of a dictator on set.

I don't remember him being that much of a dictator. When we were shooting Aliens, the English crew were so proud of Ridley Scott (who directed Alien) and then a young Canadian director came over that they had never heard of. Jim kept setting up these screenings of Terminator and none of the crew would ever go.

So they didn't know really, until the end of the film how gifted he was, so he had to fight. He had an AD who would call him 'governor' and Jim would say 'please don't call me governor', and it would be 'right governor.' They were kind of impudent.

But no one does that to him anymore. People know that if they are going to work for Jim Cameron, it's going to be a little bit of heaven and a little bit of hell.

Do you share James Cameron's fascination for space and exploration?

I guess so. My father was a great astronomer and I named my dog Venus after the planet. I used to think up space stories but I was never one of those people who loved reading science fiction. I found a lot of it really cold, cerebral. I just rented King Solomon's Mines that I had never seen good old fashioned riveting adventure.

You've done science fiction films in the past..

You mean Ripley? I did four of those movies and I did Galaxy Quest, which is science fiction too, but really, like all the genres, you have to find the right script. The hardest script to find is a really good comedy script. I have no master plan. I'm just a little reef in the water and that's what I like about it.
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Is there any truth to the rumour that you are going to do another Ghostbusters movie?

Well, there is a Ghostbusters 3 and some young guys are writing it. I think Bill (Murray) is going to be in it and we have all given it our blessing. I think it's a new generation of Ghostbusters. I can't imagine what I would be doing in it, though.

I said to Ivan (Reitman), 'Well, maybe they could make Oscar who was my son, a Ghostbuster, that would be fun.' But I don't expect to be in itu00a0 I just wish them well.

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